Chapter 8 Finding Out and Baby Shopping
The next day, Katherine and Damon got dressed and headed out the front door to go see their new doctor and find out what kind of baby they were having. Both were excited and glowing with energy. They couldn't wait to find out the sex of the baby. "I'm still betting it's a girl." smiled Katherine as they drove down the road.
Damon smirked. "And what if it's a boy?"
"I wouldn't care. I'd still be happy."
Damon scoffed at her as he sped down the highway, secretly hoping that they will have a girl as well.
They arrived at the building and went inside. The interior was made up of purple walls and there was a play area in the middle of the room. A bunch of women who were expecting or had kids of their own sat in chairs while their kids played with the toys. Katherine walked over to the counter and smiled politely at the lady who was filling out paperwork. "Hello, I made an appointment with Doctor Peterson."
The lady smiled kindly back at Katherine. "The doctor will be right with you."
"Thanks." Katherine went over next to a heavily pregnant women and sat down with Damon.
"So, you got knocked up too huh?"
Katherine turned her head to look at the woman. "Yes I did."
"Well, good luck with that. I already have one kid and let me tell you, they are the worst things that you can have."
Katherine stared at her in a little bit of shock. "I'm sure it's not all that bad."
The woman just laughed at her. "You poor fool. You have no idea what you're getting yourself into. You'll have nights where they don't allow you to sleep, they are constantly crying about something, and when you finally get them to go to sleep you'll have a big mess to clean up. Trust me if I had the money to get an abortion I would've gotten it."
"Now you listen here." Katherine looked at Damon who looked enraged. "My wife wanted this child and she isn't going to let some over sized whale like you to tell her what to do."
She just scoffed. "Whatever."
Katherine turned to Damon and smiled softly. "Thank you."
"Miss Katherine?"
Katherine turned to see a doctor calling her name. She grabbed Damon's hand and they walked into his room which was almost an exact replica of Dr. Garret's. Once everybody was sat down, the doctor introduced himself. "I am Dr. Peterson as you may know. I will be helping you along with your pregnancy. Now, you wanted to see the sex of your baby is that correct?"
Katherine nodded. "Yes that is correct."
"Ok then. Well get up on the table and lay down."
Katherine did as she was told and laid on the table. Dr. Paterson sat in a rolling chair and grabbed some kind of gel and rubbed it on her stomach. He put a metal device close to where the gel was spread out and slowly moved it around in that area. The screen on the right side of the corner whirled to life and some movements flickered across the screen as the uterus showed up. The doctor examined the sonogram more closely and turned back to the waiting parents. "Congratulations, you two will have a baby girl!"
Katherine's smile broadened as she looked at Damon. Damon stared back at her with a smile as well. "I guess we can take care of a girl. As long as she doesn't bring any worthless human scum to the house."
Katherine laughed wholeheartedly. "That won't happen for awhile though."
Damon smiled. "Great, two girls in the house to yell at me. Can't wait."
Katherine playfully slapped him on the arm. "You know she's going to be a daddy's girl."
"Oh, you know it." Damon grinned devilishly.
Katherine kissed him fully on the lips. "I can't wait till we get to take care of her."
Dr. Peterson stood awkwardly in the room, uncomfortable by their display of emotion. "Well, I'll see you again in a few weeks for a check-up and then you'll be ready to have the baby."
He cleaned the gel off of Katherine and put his things away as Katherine got off of the steel table. Damon picked up her bag and slung it over his shoulder as Katherine took his hand in hers. "It was nice meeting you doctor."
Dr. Peterson smiled at Katherine. "It was nice meeting you too and I hope for the best with your pregnancy."
Katherine waved at him before she closed the door behind her and turned to Damon. "Well, what do you say we go and do some baby shopping?"
"Right now?"
"Yes Damon, right now. We need to be ready incase if the baby comes early. Remember that this child is a vampire so it might be ready sooner then a regular baby would be."
Damon nodded. "Okay. Let's go then."
Katherine could hardly contain her excitement as they arrived at Baby's R Us. She hopped out of the Ferrari and walked towards it with Damon. "So what are we going to get anyways?"
"We're going to get the basics. A crib, a rocking chair, a changing table, a baby bath tub, some clothes, bottles, pacifiers, diapers, spit up rags, a stroller, carseat, and toys."
Damon looked at her like she was insane. "We're getting that all in one day?"
Katherine smiled at him. "Of course. Why wouldn't we?"
"That's alot of stuff to carry!" protested Damon.
"I'm sure you'll figure out a way to carry it."
Damon glared. "What do you mean by that?"
Katherine smiled innocently. "Did you seriously think that I'm going to carry all of this?"
"You're not going to carry anything?" Damon yelled, fuming.
"Well, I am carrying our child and keeping it alive. And in the next few months I'm going to have to go through labor, so I consider what you're doing nothing compared to what I'm doing."
When she got no response from Damon Katherine smiled to herself, knowing she had won the battle. "Now here's the list incase you forget anything."
Damon smiled sarcastically at her. "And what will you be doing while I break my back from trying to carry this crap, my princess." He sneered on the last word.
"I'm going to make sure you don't screw anything up like you usually do."
"I do not screw anything up!"
"Sure you don't. Now stop whining like a baby and go get the stuff."
Damon muttered colorful words under his breath as he went inside the packed store, ready to face his doom.
Just as he expected, the store was filled from the front of the store to the back with pregnant women. Along the far side of the wall to the left were all sorts of cribs and bassists. Rows of baby formula, rags, and bottles filled multiple isles and in the back of the store were strollers and carseats. There also was a place where pacifiers and toys were kept. "This is what hell must be like." Damon muttered to himself as Katherine elbowed him in the ribs.
"Quiet!" she hissed dangerously at him. "And this isn't hell. The definition of hell is being caught by vampire slayers and almost being thrown into a tomb for 145 years. Now that is hell."
"Well, this makes the cut."
Katherine rolled her eyes and dragged him by the arm to where the cribs are. "Just shut up and help me pick out a crib or cradle."
Damon looked at her quizzically. "What's the difference?"
Katherine sighed. "A crib has bars on it and a cradle doesn't. Plus you can rock the baby in a cradle instead of a rocking chair or you could do both."
"I vote for cradle."
Katherine snickered. "You're so lazy. And plus when she does come, you'd wish you would have gotten a crib because you'll be wanting to hold her and rock her yourself."
Damon laughed. "Yeah right."
"Don't say I told you so." Katherine smiled knowingly and went to go pick out a cradle.
Damon just stood there and glared while he waited for Katherine. Of course he wanted to hold the child in his arms while she slept but Katherine didn't need to know that. "Ok I got one!" he heard Katherine call a few feet away from him. Damon slowly walked over and examined it. Blankets covered the majority of it and small rockers at the bottom rolled a little from side to side. Damon nodded in approval. "Ok, let's get this one."
Stefan looked up from the book he was reading to see the front door open and Damon stagger in carrying a cradle. "Damon, what on earth?" Stefan stared at him in confusion as Damon ran super speed up the stairs and loudly set the cradle down with a thud.
"Can't talk Stefan. I need to get back to Katherine before she comes looking for me. I have to go get a stroller now." Stefan watched his brother race out the door and shook his head as he went back to his book.
A couple hours and a very sore Damon later, they had managed to get everything set in place for their daughter's arrival. The baby's room was right next to Damon's and Katherine's room and a couple doors away from Stefan's. Damon never enjoyed the comforts of a couch cushion then he was now. He sipped on a blood bag, feeling his drained energy returning to him. Katherine walked over to him and plopped down besides him. "Man that was a long and tiring day."
Damon looked at Katherine in disbelief. "Yeah, it must have been so hard for you to watch me haul everything back here and make about ten trips back to the god forsaken store!"
Katherine laughed as she kissed her husband. "Stop being such a vampire wuss. You know you enjoyed it."
"Yeah, because running to and from the store was the best thing I've ever done."
"You could've have taken the car."
Damon laughed dryly. "Yeah, and have you constantly bugging me to hurry back? I don't think so."
Katherine threw a baby rag at him. "Honestly Damon, I know you enjoyed this so don't even try to deny it. I'll be in our room."
Damon watched Katherine leave the nursery and smiled secretly to himself. He enjoyed that very much.
A/N: I'm trying to keep Damon in character as much as possible so if I'm not doing a good job then please tell me. In the next chapter, Damon and Katherine get a surprise!
